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The 46th New York Film Festival!


   
  On Screen: Aug 15 - 21



Never Apologize
NY Premiere Engagement
Malcolm McDowell in person!
“THOROUGHLY ENGAGING! Mr. McDowell breaks out an array of celebrity impressions..." - Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times
and
Lindsay Anderson: Revolutionary Romantic
"unruly emotion runs like a live wire through... the retrospective." - Stephen Holden, The New York Times

McDowell's tour-de-force performance in Never Apologize celebrates his working-relationship and friendship with Lindsay Anderson. And we honor England’s last great dissenter on the Walter Reade Theater screen with a line-up of six films he made & two he championed. Browse the Calendar to buy tickets online.

Coming Attractions



2008-09 Met Opera - Live in HD!
Live simulcasts from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House to the Walter Reade Theater, specially equipped with high definition screens and surround sound.

46th New York Film Festival
Sep 26 - Oct 12
The North American premiere of Clint Eastwood’s Changeling, Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler, and Laurent Cantet's Palme d'Or-winner The Class head up this year's selection.

In the Realm of Oshima
Sep 27 - ­Oct 14
The New York Film Festival honors Nagisa Oshima, one of world cinema's most influential talents, with a near-complete retrospective.


Furman Gallery

Capturing Film History in the Making
From Chaplin to Welles
Aug 14 – Sep 5
Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery
This unique collection of photographs illustrates the extraordinary heritage of two British landmarks, Pinewood and Shepperton Studios. Adjacent to the Walter Reade Theater's lobby, the gallery is open to the public daily 1:30 to 6pm.


  Up Next: Aug 22 - 28



Wounded Pride, Simmering Passion
Roberto Gavaldón
Explore the thrillers & political stories that made this consummate film craftsman one of Mexico’s most complex & gifted directors.

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Captain Ahab
Film Comment Selects
Mon Aug 25
“Ramos gives Ahab the biography he was denied in the novel, but likewise ends up face to face with the character’s essential mystery, offering us one of the most beautiful imaginings of 19th-century America ever seen in cinema.” — Elisabeth Lequeret, Film Comment Mar/Apr 2008

Cinematic Atlas
The Triumphs of Charlton Heston
Aug 29 – Sept 4
See the leading-man like never before with brand new prints of eleven classic performances including Ben-Hur, Touch of Evil, Earthquake and Soylent Green.

Latinbeat 2008
Sep 5 – 25
With 28 films from ten Latin American countries, this year's Latinbeat welcomes its most diverse slate ever. Explore the films of Latin America's newest cinematic force, Chile. Reacquaint yourself with one of Puerto Rico's greatest film talents, Jacobo Morales. Honor Brazilian writer Machado de Assis through the work of director Nelson Pereira dos Santos.


   

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